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Information for New York:
A marriage license may sometimes be obtained from the town or city clerk who issued the license. The fee is $10.00 if you obtain a certified copy from a town or city clerk.
Since 1847 divorce actions in New York have been handled in the supreme court for the county in which the divorce was heard. New York divorce files, however, are sealed for one hundred years.
Counties keep land transfer records, wills, probates, etc.
An index to genealogy records is available for searching at the State Archives, located at the Empire State Plaza in Albany. Contact (518) 474-8955 for more information about using this index. The indexes at the New York State Archives in Albany, NY do NOT include those for the boroughs of New York City.
County Index:
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Erie County Clerk 25 Delaware Avenue Buffalo, NY 14202 (716) 858-8865 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Essex County Clerk Court Street Elizabethtown, NY 12932 (518) 873-6301 | ||
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Franklin County Clerk 63 W. Main Street Malone, NY 12953-1817 (518) 483-6767 | Franklin County Historical Society 51 Milwaukee St. Malone, NY 12953 | |
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Fulton County Clerk County Building Johnstown, NY 12095-2331 (518) 762-0555 | ||
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Genesee County Clerk Main and Court Streets Batavia, NY 14020 (585) 344-2550 | ||
birth, death and marriage certificates are available from the City, Town or Village Clerk where the event occurred. | ||
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Greene County Clerk Main Street Catskill, NY 12414 (518) 943-2050 | ||
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Hamilton County Clerk Office Building Lake Pleasant, NY 12108 (518) 548-6385 | ||
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Herkimer County Clerk P.O. Box 471 Herkimer, NY 13350-0471 (315) 867-1002 | ||
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Jefferson County Clerk 175 Arsenal Street Watertown, NY 13601-2522 (315) 785-3081 | Jefferson County Genealogical Society P O Box 6453 Watertown, NY 13601 | |
The Jefferson County Clerk does not have any vital records such as birth, death or marriage records. All vital statistics are done at the town or city level. | ||
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Kings County Clerk 360 Adam Street Brooklyn, NY 11201-3712 (718) | ||
All vital records for the 5 boroughs of New York are handled in the Manhattan office of vital records. | ||
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Lewis County Clerk 7660 State Street Lowville, NY 13367-1432 (315) 376-5333 | ||
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Livingston County Clerk 6 Court Street Geneseo, NY 14454 (585) 243-7010 | ||
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Madison County Clerk P.O. Box 668 Wampsville, NY 13163-0668 (315) 366-2261 | The Madison County Historical Society 435 Main Street * PO Box 415 Oneida, NY 13421 | |
Madison County Surrogate's Court PO Box 607 Wampsville, New York 13163 Copies of wills at $0.25 per copy of microfilmed page | ||
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Monroe County Department of Health 111 Westfall Road, Rm. 147 P.O. Box 92832 Rochester, NY 14692 (585) 274-6141 | ||
The Health Department has birth and death records since 1880 for $11.00 fee. Marriage records are still with the Town Clerks or the Rochester Records Management Office in the City of Rochester. Rochester Records Management Office This is the archives for the city of Rochester and they have the original marriage records for 1876 - 1967. These records are indexed 1876 - 1907 and may be searched in person. They also have a collection of Rochester City directories and the government records for the city. They would like to have you call for an appointment. Marriage licenses are issued by city and town clerks. Copies of marriage licenses may be obtained from the office of the clerk who originally issued the marriage license. * All telephone numbers listed above are within the 585 area code. Monroe County Clerk's Office They have deeds, mortgages, naturalization records, and divorce judgements. Most original records are now off-site. Microfilms of deeds and mortgages are available. Naturalization records can be obtained usually a small period of time. Research rate: varies but $1 per page for copies. | ||
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Montgomery County Clerk Broadway Fonda, NY 12068 (518) 853-3431 | ||
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